Dead Ringers Ep4. Much Ado About North-ing
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Dead Ringers Ep4. Much Ado About North-ing

B2Upper-intermediateJuly 10, 202628 min

Like Andy Burnham’s No.10, Dead Ringers is in the North, at the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival in Sheffield. This week: Chris Mason is giddy, Zia Yusuf is everywhere, and The Rest is Politics has gone mad for it. Starring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey and Kieran Hodgson. Produced by Jon Holmes Executive Producer: Richard Morris Production Co-ordinator: Giulia Lopes Mazzu A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

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Not drones.

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MUSIC Welcome to Sunday with Laura Koonsburg with me, the mean head of sixth form who shouts at girls for wearing nail varnish.

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I'm joined by outgoing Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, to talk about this week's announcement of his new defence investment plan involving drones. Uh, no, Laura.

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Not drones. Drone. LAUGHTER There's one drone?

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